To find a Nasi Biryani stall is a fairly easy thing to do. Just about every corner in Tampines area I can spot an Indian or Muslim kopitiam and there are bound to have a stall inside selling Biryani. However, as is with every other food, not every stall can produce a plate of Nasi Biryani where you can eventually shout "Si Bei Tok Kong!"
Now often when we are deciding what food to eat, we will take a look at ...

I have so many overseas friends telling me that Singapore is famous for Yuk Kuat Char(Bak Kut Teh). They actually ranked Bak Kut Teh among the same level in terms of popularity as Chicken Rice or Chilli Crab. So it seems to me that to foreigners, Bak Kut Teh is as native to Singapore as Dim Sum is to Hong Kong.
You and I know that not every hawker centres sell Bak Kut Teh. There was even once, I searched the ...

Fwah! I tell you, Claypot Rice is really one of my favourite food when I was younger. There are very few food that has all the necessary flavours which can arouse my taste buds to sheer fantasy but this thing that is called Claypot Rice when cooked properly definitely can.
Ok now, let me tell you why. First there is the fantastic Chao Ta(charred) bit, then there is the sweetened aroma as a result of the tasty marinated chicken. Then there ...

One of those food that I didn't grew up eating and actually wondered how it taste like even up to 2 years ago is this thing called Fish Head Steamboat.
Ok, obviously you wouldn't need to be very smart to figure that it is a steamboat but with fish head in it right? That's one of the reasons why in the past I've never thought about wanting to go and eat this thing because I don't know how to appreciate fish ...

If you have brought your overseas friends to try our local food before, I'm sure you would had came to situations where they don't like a particular local food. And in such situations, we may actually wonder why and usually we loved that food so much until we can't see how someone can actually dislike eating it.
I think many people would agree with me if I were to say their mummy's food is the best. Apparently the food we grew ...

Now we all know that Indonesia were once colonized by the Dutch. Of course the main reason was for economical purposes. Indonesia was full of resources like coffee, sugar and spices back then and the Dutch were crazy over spices like cloves and nutmeg.
If I were to tell you that French also once colonized some parts of Indonesia, would you believe? Of course you wouldn't believe since according to history that never happened.
But yet there is this place in Indonesia ...

If like me, you stay in the East and love eating hawker food, then you must have heard of this hawker called Chomp Chomp Food Centre. Why I'm saying so is because I have asked many of my friends who are staying in the West and many of them have told me that they have never heard of it so I think Chomp Chomp Food Centre must be really an 'Eastern Thing'.
Well it's like my 'Western' friends were telling me ...

I think Char Kway Teow is one food that very few Singaporeans don't eat. You will more likely be hearing them saying that they have to eat it less often because of the high cholesterol level blah blah blah.
Seriously, nothing beats Char Kway Teow when it comes to unhealthy hawker food. I mean the seller pours in great amount of oil, pork lard, sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce, together with the spirit of the wok(wok hei) and then last ...

I have always loved Spanish food ever since I first tried it when I was in London. Spanish food is not all that alien if you're thinking that way. For me it is a 'close relative' of the Italian. I mean you get all the cheese, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans, potatoes or cooking in olive oil and stuff in your meat or vegetables.
One interesting statistic to note is that out of 10 Singaporeans friends I've asked whether they like Spanish ...

Now people know that Singaporean will only queue up for 3 things. One is 4D, two is hello kitty and three is really good food.
So if you happen to be in Changi Village Hawker Centre and realise there aren't any sign of hello kitty for sale and the fact that it's not a weekend then you know it's only really good food that people are queueing up for.
Some of my friends had told me that they have tried almost all ...

When my friend Boon Tiong was raving so much after a meal at this restaurant called ThaiPan, I can't help but had the thought "Ah! At least we're seeing something new". Good Thai food sold at affordable prices, now that really got me excited for a while.
But the thing is after looking at his food photos, I came to the realisation that the food isn't really authentically Thai. I mean I know that Thais eat Kang Kong but I'm not ...

Where I was staying before at Tampines, there used to have a really really good western food at the kopitiam 5 mins from my block.
It was run by an old hainanese couple and the chicken chop or pork chop or whatever chop came with this wonderful mild curried flavour gravy that is so deliciously unique. It went to the point where I started asking for that special gravy even when I ordered a cutlet or fish n chips. And ever ...

Have you ever wondered whether the roti prata man is making a lot of money or not? Well I have and I always wonder. On one hand they're selling to you nothing more than a piece of flour with diluted curry water for 80 cent to $1. But on the other hand, they need to flip and pan fry and that looked so physical until when they finally put the prata infront of you they looked so tired and seems ...

Will you pay 2 or 3 times the market rate for really good quality food? I'm not talking about excellent ambience or restaurants with stunning contemporary design or immaculate service. The thing is sometime this kind of 'extra' things can't save the day and only really good food can. However if you believe otherwise then I'm afraid to say in this post I'm going to talk about real delicious food and nothing more, and the fact is you're still going ...

Fishballs mixed with mee pok and tossed with some chili sauce, does it sound boring to you? Well I'm not a fan of fishballs and so just mee pok and chili sauce alone does sound boring to me.
But the good thing is some mee pok sellers have far more imagination and fantasies with additional ingredients such as prawns, minced pork or meatballs. Wait, do I hear readers thumping away on their drums in protest? Well you are right that it's ...

You would be forgiven if you think that Chinese can be disgusting when it comes to eating. Truth is food like innards and turtle soup may not sound common among other races but when cooked in the right way, it can be very delicious. While non eaters(like the westerners) would use words like gross, disturbing and exotic, we say fantastic, delicious and sumptuous. Food culture is a result of the history. In China, people used to be very poor and ...

A true blue Singaporean sure will love a meal of kopitiam Cze Char right? Hands on our heart, can't we say Cze Char is one food that is truly Made-In-Singapore? I mean where else can you find our local delights such as Oyster Omelette, Sambal cuttlefish Kangkong or 'our own flavoured' kind of Pai Gu Wang outside of Singapore? Ok ok Malaysia also have but for those who does frequent eating trips across the causeway, I'm sure ...